Table 1 List of described species of marine lobopodians with soft-bodied preservation.

From: A Cambrian unarmoured lobopodian, †Lenisambulatrix humboldti gen. et sp. nov., compared with new material of †Diania cactiformis

No.

Species*

References

Lagerstätte

Horizon

1

Xenusion auerswaldae

Pompeckj32; Dzik & Krumbiegel33

Kalmarsund sandstone

Cambrian, Stages 2–3

2

Antennacanthopodia gracilis

Ou et al.21

Chengjiang mudstone

Cambrian, Stage 3

3

Cardiodictyon catenulum

Hou et al.34

4

Diania cactiformis

Liu et al.25; Ma et al.26

5

Hallucigenia fortis

Hou & Bergström35

6

Jianshanopodia decora

Liu et al.36

7

Lenisambulatrix humboldti gen. et sp. nov.

Present study

8

Luolishania longicruris

Hou & Chen37; Ma et al.20

9

Facivermis yunnanicus

Hou & Chen38; Liu et al.39

10

Megadictyon haikouensis

Luo et al.40; Liu et al.41

11

Microdictyon sinicum

Chen et al.42; Chen et al.28

12

Onychodictyon ferox

Ramsköld & Hou43; Ou et al.17

13

Onychodictyon gracilis

Liu et al.44

14

Paucipodia inermis

Chen et al.45; Hou et al.6

15

Collinsium ciliosum

Yang et al.3

Xiaoshiba mudstone

16

Tritonychus phanerosarkus

Zhang et al.46

Orsten-type (China)

17

Hadranax augustus

Budd & Peel47

Sirius Passet shale

18

Kerygmachela kierkegaardi

Budd48; Budd49

19

Pambdelurion whittingtoni

Budd50; Vinther et al.51

20

Siberion lenaicus

Dzik52

Sinsk “algal lens”

Cambrian, Stage 4

21

Hallucigenia hongmeia

Steiner et al.53

Guanshan mudstone

22

Collinsium sp.

Jiao et al.54

23

“Collins’ monster”

García-Bellido et al.55

Emu Bay Shale

24

Acinocricus stichus

Conway Morris56

Spence Shale

Cambrian, Wuliuan

25

“Collins’ monster”

Collins57

Burgess Shale

26

Aysheaia pedunculata

Whittington16

27

Hallucigenia sparsa

Smith and Caron19

28

Ovatiovermis cribratus

Caron and Aria5

29

Orstenotubulus evamuellerae

Waloszek58; Maas et al.59

Orsten-type (Sweden)

Cambrian, Drumian

30

Unnamed luolishaniid

Van Roy et al.60

Fezouata mudstone

Ordovician, Tremadocian

31

Unnamed xenusiid

Whittle et al.61

Soom Shale

Ordovician, Hirnantian

32

Carbotubulus waloszeki

Haug et al.2

Mazon Creek concretions

Upper Pennsylvanian

  1. *Records of ambiguous or controversial species29,39,62,63,64 are not included. We endorse the lobopodian affinity of †Facivermis yunnanicus5 and retain †Onychodictyon gracilis, although the validity of this species has been challenged10.